Unfair Contract Terms and the Risk to Small Suppliers

For many small supply and manufacturing businesses, securing a contract with a major retailer or distributor is a significant commercial milestone. It can mean volume, credibility and growth. However, it often comes with a non-negotiable “standard form” agreement that shifts disproportionate risk onto the smaller party. Under Australia’s unfair contract terms (UCT) framework, certain terms [...]

2026-02-24T00:05:47+00:00February 23rd, 2026|Business Advice, Compliance, Contracts, Corporate Advisory, unfair contracts legislation|Comments Off on Unfair Contract Terms and the Risk to Small Suppliers

Unfair Contracts

The new unfair contracts legislation came into effect in November of 2016 and will affect hundreds of thousands of business contracts.   Many of the contracts impacted by the legislation are grossly unfair to the small enterprise and contain provisions which enable the larger contracting party to unilaterally change the contract. Where the small business does [...]

2017-06-26T16:01:16+00:00June 26th, 2017|Contracts, Employment Law, unfair contracts legislation|Comments Off on Unfair Contracts
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